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One more attack on the workers – Govt. proposes reduction in EPF Contribution of employers

The Labour Ministry has directed the EPFO to take necessary action to reduce the employers’ contribution to the EPF from 12% to 10%. The directive is only to favour the employers. In fact, what the EPFO suggested to government was to reduce the employees’contribution from 12% to 10% and keep the 12% as it is for employer. But the government wanted to favour employers by reducing their contribution. Realising that there will be a backlash from the people, the media and the workers, government has now directed that both the contribution should be reduced to !0%. What this means is that the EPF contribution will be reduced by 4% which will be a big loss to the workers.

CITU and other Central trade Unions have condemned this anti-worker move of the Government. The government should be compelled to back-tract from this anti-labour decision.

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V.A.N.Nambodiri is the Patron of BSNL Employees Union, the recognised union in BSNL. He is the founder General Secretary of the same. He is the President of BSNL Casual and Contract Workers Federation as also the convener of Joint Action Committee of BSNL Unions /Associations of Non-Executives and Executives which is fighting against disinvestment and for protecting the rights of the workers and also to save and improve BSNL.